An essential field in sciences
A laboratory class in progress- Why is biology taught within the category of liberal arts?
- The aim of biology classes is to enrich general knowledge necessary for natural sciences and to build the basis of learning and research in the majors provided by the Faculty of Science. Biology is a compulsory subject for getting a science teacherfs certificate.
- What areas of research do staff work in?
- The research interests of full-time staff are as follows.
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- Professor Hisataka Ota
- Research on the structures and functions of photosynthetic proteins
- Analysis of the acid-resistance mechanisms of plants
- Professor Tatsuya Tomo
- Biophysics and biochemistry in the photosynthetic oxygen evolving reaction
- Clarification of electron transfer reaction in organism
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- Professor Masaharu Takemura
- Teaching materials for biology education
- Eukaryotic DNA replication and DNA polymerases
- Replication, copying, and reproduction
- Is it possible to go on to do research on living organisms?
- Our laboratory accepts undergraduate students majoring in chemistry in the Faculty of Science. For details, please contact the staff in charge. Although there is no biology department in our Faculty, several laboratories of some departments do research related to living organisms. We therefore recommend taking biology classes if you wish to proceed in these directions.
- I did not study biology at high school and am worried that I might not be able to keep up with class.
- Donft worry. The basics to be taught at high school will be provided in the introductory sessions, after which classes will go on to more advanced topics.
- Do I have to take biology classes to graduate?
- Biology subjects are specialty-related basic subjects classified as partly compulsory. The Biological Experiment class is one of the teacher-training-program subjects.
- Please explain about the experiment class in molecular biology.
- This is a new subject available from the 2009 academic year, and taught intensively at the beginning of the summer vacation. This class consists of practical training in sampling and amplification of onefs own DNA, genetic modification of Escherichia coli, refinement of luminous protein, bioinformatics, and so on. Take this subject to get a taste of the latest in biotechnology.
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